The Game Awards 2017 were spectacular! With musical performances, lots of laughs, and crazy reveals, this was an epic celebration of the artform. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was the big winner of the night, taking home Game of the Year!
This year, four games received six total nomination for creative and technical excellence from a jury of 51 global media and influencer outlets: Destiny 2from Bungie and Activision; Horizon Zero Dawnfrom Guerrilla Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment; and both Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild from Nintendo. The Game of the Year category included Horizon Zero Dawn, Super Mario Odyssey and Zelda: Breath of the Wild, as well as Persona 5 from Atlus and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds from PUBG Corp. Nintendo was the most nominated publisher with 23 nominations, followed by Sony Interactive Entertainment with 15 and Activision Publishing with 7.
The winners are in RED!
Game of the Year
Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Persona 5 (Atlus)PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild(Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
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Best Game Direction
Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games)Resident Evil 7: Biohazard(Capcom)Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD)The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD)Wolfenstein II: The NewColossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Tameem Antoniades, Elizabeth Ashman-Rowe / Ninja Theory)Horizon Zero Dawn(John Gonzalez / Ninja Theory)NieR: Automata (Yoko Taro, Hana Kikuchi, Yoshiho Akabane / Platinum Games)What Remains of Edith Finch(Ian Dallas / Giant Sparrow)Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Jen Matthies, Tommy Tordsson Bjork / MachineGames)
Best Art Direction
Cuphead(Studio MDHR Entertainment)Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Persona 5 (Atlus)The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Cuphead (Kristofer Maddigan)Destiny 2(Mike Salvatori, Skye Lewin, C Paul Johnson)NieR: Automata (Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi)Persona 5(Shoji Meguro)Super Mario Odyssey (Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii, Koji Kondo)The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Manaka Kataoka, Yasuaki Iwata)
Best Audio Design
Destiny 2(Bungie)Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild(Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Best Performance
Ashly Burch, Horizon: Zero Dawn (As Aloy)Brian Bloom, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (as BJ Blazkowicz)Claudia Black, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (as Chloe Frazer)Laura Bailey, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy(as Nadine Ross)Melina Juergens, Hellblade (as Senua)
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Games for Impact
Bury Me, My Love(The Pixel Hunt / Figs / ARTE / Playdius)Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice(Ninja Theory)Life is Strange: Before the Storm (Deck Nine / Square Enix)Night in the Woods(Infinite Fall)Please Knock on My Door(Levall Games AB)What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
Cuphead (Studio MDHR Entertainment)Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory)Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall)Pyre(Supergiant Games)What Remains of Edith Finch (Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive)
Best Mobile Game
Fire Emblem Heroes (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)Hidden Folks (Adriaan de Jongh / Sylvain Tegroeg)Monument Valley 2 (ustwo games)Old Man’s Journey (Broken Rules)Super Mario Run(Nintendo)
Best Handheld Game
Ever Oasis (Grezzo / Nintendo)Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia(Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)Metroid: Samus Returns (MercurySteam / Nintendo)Monster Hunter Stories(Marvelous / Capcom / Nintendo)Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World(Good-Feel / Nintendo)
Best VR/AR Game
Farpoint(Impulse Gear / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Lone Echo(Ready at Dawn / Oculus Studios)Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (Capcom)Star Trek: Bridge Crew(Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft)SUPERHOT VR (SUPERHOT Team)
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Best Action Game
Cuphead(Studio MDHR Entertainment)Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)Nioh (Team Ninja / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Prey (Arkane Studios / Bethesda)Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (MachineGames / Bethesda)
Best Action/Adventure Game
Assassin’s Creed: Origins (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)Horizon Zero Dawn (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Role-Playing Game
Divinity: Original Sin II (Larian Studios)Final Fantasy XV (Square Enix Business Division 2 / Square Enix)NieR: Automata (Platinum Games / Square Enix)Persona 5(Atlus)South Park: The Fractured But Whole (Ubisoft San Francisco / Ubisoft)
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)Sonic Mania (PagodaWest Games, Headcannon / Sega)Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
Best Strategy Game
Halo Wars 2 (Creative Assembly, 343 Industries / Microsoft Studios)Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Ubisoft Paris + Milan / Ubisoft)Total War: Warhammer II (Creative Assembly / Sega)Tooth and Tail (Pocketwatch Games)XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (Firaxis Games / 2K)
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Best Sports/Racing Game
FIFA 18 (EA Vancouver / EA)Forza Motorsport 7 (Turn 10 Studios / Microsoft Studios)Gran Turismo Sport (Polyphony Digital / Sony Interactive Entertainment)NBA 2K18 (Visual Concepts / 2K Sports)Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (PES Productions / Konami)Project Cars 2 (Slightly Mad Studios / Bandai Namco Entertainment)
Best Multiplayer
Call of Duty: WWII(Sledgehammer Games / Activision)Destiny 2 (Bungie / Activision)Fortnite (Epic Games)Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG Corp.)Splatoon 2 (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Most Anticipated Game
God of War (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Marvel’s Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)Monster Hunter World (Capcom)Red Dead Redemption II (Rockstar Games)The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Trending Gamer
Andrea Rene (What’s Good Games)Clint Lexa (“Halfcoordinated”)Guy Beahm (“Dr. Disrespect”)Mike Grzesiek (“Shroud”)Steven Spohn (AbleGamers)
Best eSports Game
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve)DOTA2 (Valve)League of Legends (Riot)Overwatch (Blizzard)Rocket League (Psyonix)
Best eSports Player
Lee Sang-hyeok “Faker” (SK Telecom 1, League of Legends)Marcelo “coldzera” David (SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: GO)Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovac (FaZe Clan, Counter-Strike: GO)Je-hong “ryujehong” Ryu (Seoul Dynasty, Overwatch)Kuro “KuroKy” Salehi Takhasomi (Team Liquid, DOTA 2)
Falling Sky(Jonathan Nielssen, Nikolay Savoy, Mohsen Shah / National Film & TV School)From Light(Alejandro Grossman, Steven Li, Sherveen Uduwana / USC)Hollowed (Erin Marek, Jerrick Flores, Charley Choucard / University of Central Florida)Impulsion(Hugo Verger, Remi Bertrand, Maxime Lupinski / IIM)Level Squared(Kip Brennan, Stephen Scoglio, Dane Perry Svendsen / Swinburne University)Meaning (Hariz Yet / DigiPen Institute of Technology Singapore)
